Calzaghe’s got an interesting, bounce-up-and-down, dated style…as if it was taught when a land mass split off – all paint-by-the-numbers, ramrod stiff. The only thing missing are the knee-length tights and silk sash.

Things are heating up both here and overseas in anticipation of Saturday’s big super-middleweight bout at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England between Jeff Lacy and Joe Calzaghe.

It was a big boxing weekend, headlined by the junior welterweight bout between Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas.

Heavyweight Joe Mesi returns to action against 41-year-old journeyman Ron Bellamy in Puerto Rico on April 1.

Enzo Calzaghe, the father and trainer of Welsh WBO super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe, is officially tired of promoter Gary Shaw talking up Lacy during the promotional build up to the March 4 Calzaghe/Lacy clash.

The unpredictable Danny Williams remains as unpredictable as ever.

Today, LA Weekly gets things off not with a bang but with a whimper with a heartfelt article about the career and last days of former USBA heavyweight and IBF cruiserweight champ Mike “The Bounty” Hunter.

Over the last two years, Mosley and Vargas have often been punching contradictions. One minute they look good, seemingly on the verge of reclaiming their championship form, and the next they are struggling.

Spike Lee, the director of genius everyone loves to hate, has announced that his next big project (once his documentary on Hurricane Katrina is a wrap and in the can) will be a biopic based on the life of 1930s heavyweight champion Joe Louis.

For a guy who always had trouble making weight I don’t remember seeing Vargas so light, so early, as a good sign. He may have left his best fight in the gym and if he is a half step behind Shane it will be a long night.